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RedOctane and Harmonix, Activision, PlayStation 2.

Rockstar releases Manhunt on PlayStation 2, developed by Rockstar North of Edinburgh.

On December 12 2003 the Office of Film and Literature Classification of New Zealand bans its sale and rental for all age groups with a 12 page decision.

It is the first video game banned in the country's history.

Sources: Associated Press, CBC News, GameSpot, December 12 2003

The HyperCritical section in GamePro lines up scores from eight magazines across thirty games

The highest average goes to Metal Gear Solid 3 Subsistence on PS2, 9.8, with a 10 out of 10 from PlayStation Magazine, the only perfect score on the entire page

Also on the podium Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter on Xbox 360 at 9.1, then Kingdom Hearts II and Burnout Revenge tied at 8.8

At the bottom of the page the pointer to games.net and the Resident Evil 4 retrospective, picked by GamePro as game of the year

Stand Tall + Shake the Heavens

Only on PlayStation Only from Squaresoft

The copy promises anime and giant fighting robots

US release October 20 1998

GameSpot wrote the story was so serious it almost never came out in America

Full page in GamePro, July 2003. The Italian Job promises 10 vehicles across Los Angeles, 4 modes and bonus features with movie footage and interviews from the Paramount film then in theatres

Rating still pending, on PS2 Xbox and GameCube

Page 156 of the Grand Theft Auto Vice City cover story.

The Behind the Music box maps the game's nine radio stations on an 80s style tuner. Lazlow on V-Rock, Fernando Martinez on Emotion 98.3, both returning from GTA III.

On October 29 2002, the day the game shipped on PlayStation 2, Epic Records released the official soundtrack box set, seven CDs, one per music station.